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原因

げんいん

cause, origin

Mnemonic

Something big shut inside a boundary, and everything that followed came out of it. Gen げん, in いん there somewhere, and somebody has to work out what it was: げんいん.

Worth knowing

理由 りゆう is the reason you give for a thing. 原因 is what actually caused it. Near 全員 ぜんいん in sound.

Built from

plain, origin
A cliff with a spring running out from underneath it. Open ground, and the place the water starts.
cause
囗 border + 大 big

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